"It's hard to say this!" Grandma Zhang got up and poured a cup of tea for each of them, and instructed people to "send it over as soon as the medicine is decoctioned", then sat down and sighed, "This story is rarely known to outsiders, and neither of us has publicized it - it has been more than 700 years!" ”

Hearing this, Yun Niang couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Ciyou calculated in his heart that seven hundred years ago, it was the time of the fifth dynasty of the Later Tang Dynasty - he did not expect that the Zhang Kong family would have such a deep relationship.

Grandma Zhang took a sip of tea and continued: "At that time, it was the Later Liang period, and due to the chaos in the world, the family road of the Confucian Mansion also fell into the middle.

"At that time, the forty-second generation of the old man, Kong Guanghe, was already the third generation of single inheritance, and the old man looked at fifty years before he got a Lin'er, named Kong Renyu. 3,000 acres of land and a grain, just such a single seedling, I was afraid that I would not be able to raise it in the house, so I asked the nurse to take it home to raise - it is the first generation of our Zhang family's grandmother, and it has been passed down for 21 generations since now. ”

When Wu Ciyou heard this, he couldn't help but nod: It turns out that this "grandma" is also hereditary from the Zhang family.

"At that time, there was a sprinkler named Liu Mo, who changed his name to Kong Mo because he entered the house on an errand. The old man saw that he was diligent and reliable, so he handed over the treasury, famous utensils, wealth and the genealogy of the sixty clans of the Confucian family in Que Li to him, and the people did not take it seriously at the beginning. ”

"Is he a sprinkler?" Yun Niang asked, "Didn't you hear that the Kong family 'men can't be slaves, and women can't be maids'?" ”

"It was only after the Ming Dynasty that men were not slaves, women were not slaves, and the errands who entered the Confucian Mansion had to be changed to the surname Kong." Grandma Zhang explained, "Who thinks that this Kong Mo saw that the world was in chaos, so he spent it in the mansion, stole the silver from the treasury, and privately changed the ancestral genealogy, and after a long time, no one did not say that he was originally surnamed Kong, and he was the blood of a saint."

"On August 15 of the third year of Qianhua, the old man set up a wine feast in the garden and invited the people from the house to eat and drink. Kong Mo was beside him to hold the feast, drank until the second watch, helped the drunken old man back to the room, and strangled the old man to death while there was no one. ”

Speaking of this, Yun Niang couldn't help but ask: "This slave is so bold, does the government just look at it?" ”

"Good girl, it was a time of chaos in the world!" Grandma Zhang clapped her hands and sighed, "In the past fifty years, five imperial courts have changed, which government has the heart to take care of these affairs?" ”

"What about the kid?" Yun Niang asked again, "After August 15, won't you take it back to the house?" Grandma Zhang nodded and said: "The child's life is big, and he happened to have a fever that day, but the grandfather sent someone to take it back, but because of the strong wind, grandma didn't let him go back - that Kong Mo killed the old man, and came out to gather the people of the Confucian Mansion and said: The old man has returned to heaven, and he has something to say when he is dying, so ask him Kong Mo to take the seal." also said that Kong Renyu was the illegitimate son of the old man's concubine and an outsider, and he couldn't catch Kong's cigarettes, so he ordered someone to arrest and kill him. The people of Manchu had already been bought off by him with money, and a group of thugs were screaming, lighting torches with lanterns, and raising knives, guns and sticks, and ran straight to Zhang's house.

"Grandma's family happily finished worshipping the old man, it was the second half of the night, and they were about to go to bed, when they heard the screaming outside the door like a big flood, I don't know what happened, as soon as the door was opened, it was Kong Mo who rushed in with dozens of people - all of a sudden Grandma was stunned. Kong Mo was in the shadow of the lamp, holding a shiny knife in his hand, and immediately forced his grandmother to hand over Kong Renyu, if he didn't agree, he would kill all over the door!

Grandma trembled and went into the inner room, and saw that her youngest delicate dog was fighting with Renyu for moon cakes on the kang, and she was crawling all over the kang...... went up and picked up Renyu, kissed it, and tears fell like broken beads. If you want to be hugged out, you can't give up; picked up the dog again, and the dog's two warm little hands took the moon cakes and stuffed them into the grandmother's mouth, shouting 'Mother, eat, eat, eat!' ’…… Mother gives birth to children, which is the meat of the heart! ”

Speaking of this, Grandma Zhang sighed sadly, Wu Ciyou had already understood, looking at the dim light without speaking, Yun Niang's tears were already flowing down her cheeks. Grandma Zhang wiped her eyes and said:

"Grandma was hesitating, and the door was pushed open with a bang! Kong Mo stepped into the room and asked murderously, 'Which one is Kong Renyu?' When the two children saw this battle, they were so frightened that they cried loudly, and the mother and son hugged each other and cried so darkly that the sky was dark...... Grandma secretly thought, I have three children, but the Kong family only has this one blood root! Gritted his teeth, picked up the dog, and handed it to Kong Mo...... The dog was frightened and frightened, holding his grandmother's neck and not losing his hand, crying and shouting: 'Mother, I'm afraid ......'

"'Jiao'er, don't be afraid...... Grandma patted the dog, stuffed all the candy mooncakes on the kang into the child's arms, and said, 'Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you'll ...... in a while All right! ’

"Kong Mo decided that this child was Kong Renyu, grabbed it, smiled with a cruel face, and ...... at that time"

Speaking of this, Grandma Zhang wiped a handful of tears. The room was so quiet that you could hear a needle dropping, and a tragedy that happened in the East Wing more than 700 years ago seemed to be right in front of you. Don't talk about Wu Ciyou, even Li Yunniang, who was murderous, was sad and sad, and looked up after a while and asked, "What about later?" ”

Later, the Zhang family moved away to avoid trouble, and lived in the deep mountains around Shimen for more than ten years, and my grandmother spun threads and weaves all day long, embroidered for other helpers, washed clothes and sewed poor, and took out a little bit of the money saved for this Kong Renyu to study. During the reign of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Kong Renyu entered Beijing to take the exam, and the imperial court gave him a student. At this time, grandma dared to tell him Renyu's life experience, but grandma was already blind.

Renyu originally came back to pick up her mother into Beijing, listened to her grandmother's narration, rushed back to the capital overnight, and wrote her miserable life experience into an excerpt and presented it to the emperor. The emperor Long Yan was furious, and sent troops to Qufu to take Kong Mo and smash it in the capital. The Confucian sage broke off the family of the sect, and this is called Renyu to take it, this is the forty-third generation of the Confucian family's 'Zhongxing ancestor'.

"In order to repay the kindness of the Zhang family, Kong Renyu went to the court and was ordered to respect the Zhang family as the Confucian family's relatives for generations." 'Grandma' is an official title, and it has been inherited by the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family from generation to generation, and it is already twenty-one years old when it comes to me. ”

After hearing this, Yun Niang took a deep breath and said: "My eldest brother and I have been wondering all day long, Kong Lingpei is a member of the Kong family and a member of the government, he is so domineering, but when he comes to grandma, why is he treated obediently!" ”

"What is he! For more than 700 years, our Zhang family and the Kong family have been related to a lot, and my eldest girl is the Lady of Yan Shenggong, and each grandfather has given a dragon head bamboo crutch as it is, which even Yan Shenggong can beat - we croppers don't point to these people to eat, but we don't care about whether this is kind or not. However, this is the ancestral precept of the Confucian family, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and the people of the Confucian family attach the most importance to this. Kong Lingpei has a few dares to come and search this courtyard? ”

Half a month later, Li Yunniang's injuries had healed, Wu Ciyou had also recovered his voice, and the two discussed the matter of going on the road. According to Yun Niang's thoughts, Wu Ciyou should enter Beijing immediately, and sooner or later something will happen if he stays here, and the emperor is now planning to withdraw the feudal domain, so he can make a plan for him. But Wu Ciyou has other plans: he has been given gold to return to the mountain, and after a walk outside, he returns to Beijing, where to put his face? Therefore he has made up his mind not to be an official again; But since you are not an official, what are you busy doing in Beijing?

"Sir is not going back to Beijing," said Yun Niang, "then I have to go!" "After getting along with Wu Ciyou for so long, with her unique carefulness, she realized that Wu Ciyou still couldn't let go of the relationship with Su Malagu, and she also intuitively felt that it was impossible for Wu and Su to reunite, so why continue to stir it up?

Wu Ciyou looked at Yun Niang, and said after a while: "If you want to go, you can go, this is no way." But there is one thing to think about, Grandma Zhang treats us like this, we have to repay it. ”

"Really!" Yun Niang woke up suddenly: If you don't repay such a great favor, is that still a person? Think about it and say: "Even our clothes are people's own, and we don't have any money on us, so we have to do the crime again tonight." ”

"Yun Niang!" Wu Ciyou lost his temper, "How many times have you said it, why are you still like this?" If you commit a crime, others can't help you, and you only meet a strong and domineering strongman. But isn't the home of the lost and dead person like the Zhang family had an accident before? - It was five generations of troubled times, and now you are about to rule the country in peace, how can you still do this? Besides, if Grandma knew where your money came from, would she accept you? ”

"So what do you say?" Yun Niang also hesitated, hesitated for a moment and said, "Otherwise, you will turn the chicken blood jade inkstone into money?" Her face turned a little pale again.

Wu Ciyou smiled helplessly. It's not that he can't leave Aunt Su Mala, and it's not that he doesn't love Yun Niang at all. He has an emotional and moral burden that he can't get rid of, and he feels that he is already unhappy, so why should he be unhappy with others and himself! Seeing Yun Niang like this, she couldn't bear to be too decisive, so she gently comforted: "Yun Niang, listen to me, there are people in the world who have loved husband and wife even though they are not husband and wife, and there are also people who are more than brothers and sisters although they are not brothers and sisters. I, Aunt Su Mala, and you are all in this state of mind at this time. You always use the chicken blood inkstone to attack me, which not only pokes your heart, but also hurts my feelings, so why bother? Grandma Zhang's kindness is not something that can be repaid with money......"

"That's right!" Grandma Zhang has been listening outside for a long time, she was moved and sad to hear Wu Ciyou's words, and when she saw that the two were arguing and couldn't make up their minds, she opened the curtain and came in and said, "I have cotton fields and looms for dressing, wheat and rice and mills for food, what do I want your money for?" I don't want clean money! Niu, the two of me went out to do business, and there was no one at home to talk to, you can't stay with grandma for a few more days, talk to grandma, and it's good to go to get anxious! ”

Grandma Zhang was kind and hearty, and she said very emotionally, Yun Niang, who had been sluggish since childhood, only felt mixed feelings, and cried and threw herself into her grandmother's arms, sobbing and saying: "Grandma! If you don't dislike it, I'll recognize you as a godmother! ”

"It's too late for me to rejoice in my heart, how can I dislike it?" Grandma Zhang stroked Yun Niang's oily black hair, and then turned her face to Wu Ciyou and said, "I said last time that the Kong family is still studying in Shimen Mountain, thinking about what book to write. You are so knowledgeable, you have been here for a year and a half, and you also point out him, if you can become a material, don't you not only do things for the emperor, but also repay my 'kindness'? Alas! My two didn't like to read since they were young, or else—"

While he was talking, there was a sound of laughter and laughter in the courtyard: "Grandma's good letter!" Where does that Mr. Wu live? Grandma Zhang pulled Yun Niang with one hand and said with a smile: "Just talking about him, he will arrive!" Let's talk to each other - hey, hire, come to this house! With that, he Yun Niang got up and went. Wu Ciyou knew that Kong Shangren was coming, and as soon as he stood up, Kong Shangren had already strode in with a smile, glanced at Wu Ciyou, gave a long bow, and said loudly:

"Luotuo's uninhibited scholar meets the scholar who has adventures!"

"Good!" Just this sentence greatly matched the appetite of Wu Ciyou, and while giving up his seat, he said with a smile, "Peep through the Wanyuan scholars, and welcome the heroic Ganyun scholars-please take a seat!" ”

Kong Shangren put his back swing and sat down opposite Wu Ciyou with a big grin. Wu Ciyou looked carefully, Kong Shangren was only about twenty years old, wearing only a crimson robe, a light blue belt around his waist, he had just shaved his head, he didn't wear a hat, his hair was black and shiny, Danfeng's eyes were burning, and he couldn't help but praise secretly in his heart: "What a talent!" He is also a descendant of a saint, and he can be described as having excellent qualifications! But he smiled and said, "I've heard your name for a long time!" I heard my grandmother say, what kind of 'Huangzi' book are you writing, are you allowed to read it? ”

"It's a legend," Kong Shangren said with a smile, "I don't know what Mr. has to say about this?" Obviously, he also likes Wu Ciyou's temperament.

Wu Ciyou was very interested, but said in his mouth: "Legend, Xiaodao'er!" Since you are a talent, why don't you go to study the scriptures and history, Bagu, but hide on Shimen Mountain to do some legends? ”

"Although the legend is a small road, it originates from the avenue." Kong Shangren said with a smile, "For poems, songs, barnyard official history, or subsets of scripture and history, if you are not good all the way, it is difficult to write legends." Don't you like the eight-strand text, I have one, please advise! As he spoke, he shook his head and said:

Heaven and earth are the universe; I am embracing it in my heart; For thousands of years, it has not been a day. Tracing back to the past to chase the dimension, do not test the record and recite the classics of poetry and books. The queen of the Yuan is the emperor's son of heaven, and the common people are the Li Yuan of the people......

"Hahahaha......" Kong Shangren hadn't finished reading, Wu Ciyou was already laughing, he hadn't been so happy for a long time, "I really scolded the rotten and bad ink scrolls in the world, and I'll give you a second sentence:

Thinking about the time and using the world, don't look at the throne and climb the court of the temple!

Kong Shangren couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

"It's time to invite the ugly daughter-in-law to come out and meet her in-laws." Wu Ciyou said with a smile.

Kong Shangren listened, leaned forward, and said: "My legend is only for those who know to read it, not for those who are faint, and what I write is the color and qi of the rise and fall of a generation." Dare to ask, what is color? ”

"The color one, the clutch elephant also!" Wu Ciyou replied according to the legendary righteousness, "Men have their own talents, women have their own ranks, joys and sorrows are separated from them, and the baht is not happy!" At this point, thinking of himself, Wu Ciyou smiled.

"Hmm." Kong Shangren was very satisfied with this reply, and asked, "So, what about Qi?" ”

Wu Ciyou pondered for a while because he heard him talk about the words of "the rise and fall of a generation", and slowly replied: "The angry one, the number of rise and fall, the gentleman is a friend, the villain is the party, and the intricacies and chaos are in it, and there is no slight difference!" Thinking about it, he added, "I'm just judging it on the basis of reason and circumstances, and if it is well written, it will naturally be so; It's not well written, and I fabricate a legend out of it, and I haven't had time to read it yet! As he spoke, he stilted up Erlang's legs and looked at Kong Shangren and smiled.

Kong Shangren listened to these words, nodded his head, got up and wandered around the room for a few steps, and said: "I made a song "Jin Juxiang", and I will chant it to Mr. first:

There is an article about the old acquaintances of the lake and the sea, peel and peck and knock on the door to ask you, bring a few new poems out of the bottom of the sleeve, hard teaching and criticism, you don't force it, this thousand years make people carry it!

"Good, good!" Wu Ciyou laughed and said, "Grandma Zhang also said that she wants me to give advice, just listen to your song, I have nothing to suggest, you don't want me to be this 'Qianqiu', and I won't force you - just take it and I'll reward it first." ”

Only then did Kong Shangren take a volume of manuscripts out of his arms. Wu Ciyou took it with both hands and asked in surprise, "Is that all?" Kong Shangyi changed his wild attitude, nodded with a smile: "This is a "Peach Blossom Fan", divided into four volumes, not finished yet, you read one volume first, I am ready to use ten years of work to change it, I am willing to take it out - it's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see Hou Gongzi, and some places are not very easy to write!" "Then you are worth this trip today, Hou Fangyu's predecessors are the teachers who are receiving karma!" Wu Ciyou glanced at Kong Shangren, who was surprised and delighted, and began to flip the draft. Kong Shangren sat quietly and ate tea.

There was no movement for a long time, Kong Shangren got up and stood in front of the window, looking at an old plum lying on the wall, and was about to conceive a poem, when he hesitated, he suddenly heard a "bang", and when he looked back, it was Wu Ciyou who forgot his feelings and praised him!

"Wonderful!" Wu Ciyou said with a smile, "As soon as this "Visiting Cui" comes out, how do you want to come!" As he spoke, he flipped through and danced with his hands. I'm already a little enchanted:

…… Across the spring waves, the blue smoke stains the windows; Leaning on a sunny day, red apricot peeps at the wall.

"What a witty remark!" Wu Ciyou praised again and again, "The articles I have read in the past 20 years are not as good as this one!" Look—"

Jie Luopa, fireworks and geese; During the season, fight for new makeup. There are sea mistakes, Jiang Yao, and jade slurry. Plucking the piano Ruan, the sheng flute is loud and bright.

Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "The words are fragrant and chewy, and the sentences are incisive and tempting!" Oh my God! It's incredible that someone like you was born in Shandong! Obviously, Wu Ciyou thinks that only Jiangnan people can write such literary style.

"Sir, don't praise it." Kong Shangren was also very happy, "If there is anything to make up, should I talk about it." ”

"I can't make up for a book like this." Wu Ciyou smiled, "I was born to be useful, you should go out of the mountain, do you want me to write a letter of recommendation to you?" ”

Kong Shang was stunned and said, "The gentleman is on standby, and he doesn't dare to receive the letter of recommendation from Mr." ”

"Well, that's true!" Wu Ciyou appreciated it even more, "A great talent like you will definitely be able to rise above the clouds." But if I don't recommend it, how can I bear it? When I meet the Holy One in the future, I will sponsor you with all my might! ”

"It's a pity that this is not a policy of the state," Kong Shangren said with a smile, "The emperor may not like it." ”

Wu Ciyou's mood calmed down, smiled slightly, and said, "Today is a generation of Lord Saints, how can you be disappointed?" Speaking of this, he pondered for a long time and said: "It's a pity that the three feudatories are not appeased, and the tiger looks at the central government, although the emperor has this heart, he may not have the spare time to deal with these literary affairs!" Speaking of this, Kong Shangren was depressed, nodded and sighed: "I have heard Mr. Jiuwen's moral articles, since the emperor is employing people, why should Mr. give up on himself?" You should go back to the emperor's side and be a counselor! ”

This made Wu Ciyou's heart move. Oh, yes! People in troubled times are not as good as chickens and dogs in the world, and a giant family like Confucius will decline and there will be a tragedy like Kong Renyu; A talented person like Kong Shangren, when he encounters such a time, he has to sit back and wait for the world to be peaceful. Punctuality, when is it a game?

was silently distracted, Grandma Zhang brought Yun Niang in, and said with a smile: "Shang Ren, at a glance, I know that you have a good relationship, and I heard talking and laughing here in that room, how many days have there been no excitement in this courtyard - tell Mr. Wu the good news again, Zheng Chunyou has asked Qin Cha to kill, and the ground of this Yanzhou Mansion will be clean for a few days." Yun Niang and I have already agreed, so let's do what I said before. ”

"Obey Grandma's orders. My brother and I can learn more. Wu Ciyou said. He couldn't help but be surprised: I hadn't heard that Qin had arrived, how could he suddenly kill Zheng Chunyou?